University of Silesia in Katowice

The laboratory is equipped with:

• A complete titanium and other metals induction casting system, consisting of an Enterprise UltraCast induction pressure casting machine, a SNOL resistance muffle furnace, and a MIKROBLAST DUO dual-chamber sandblaster – enabling precision casting and processing of metals and alloys under controlled laboratory conditions.
• SNOL 3/1100 LHM01 electric laboratory furance – a muffle furnace designed for heat treatment of materials up to 1100°C; used for processes such as quenching, annealing, normalising and drying; the furnace can operate in protective gas atmospheres (argon).
• Fritsch Pulverisette 7 premium line planetary mill – a high-performance mill designed for rapid and precise grinding, mixing, milling, and homogenisation of hard, brittle, and fibrous samples, in dry or wet conditions, and under inert gas atmospheres.
• Retsch CryoMill cryogenic grinder – a benchtop ball mill designed for cryogenic grinding using liquid nitrogen, enabling efficient pulverisation of thermally sensitive and elastic materials in a short time.
• Fritsch Analysette 22 NeXT Nano laser particle size analyzer – an advanced instrument for determining particle size distribution in powders, suspensions, and emulsions using the laser diffraction (static light scattering) method; it provides a wide measurement range suitable
  for both micro- and nanoscale analysis.
• Steinberg 200G precision laboratory balance – a scale designed for weighing samples up to 200 g with a readability of 0.001 g.
• Steinberg roller mixer/sieve shaker – a device for mixing samples in test tubes or other laboratory containers, equipped with 7 rotating rollers.
• Keyence VHX-S770E digital microscope – an advanced digital microscope with multi-angle observation capability, featuring a motorised XYZ stage and automated Z-axis focusing. The system offers high resolution and depth of field, 3D imaging, precise 2D/3D measurement functions, and image stitching for large-area observation.
• Contact angle analyser with Delta Optical NXZ-10D microscope + DLT-CAM 12M camera – a system designed for precise observation and measurement of the contact angle of liquid droplets on sample surfaces, enabling detailed studies of wettability